Patents Examined by Nicholas Lee
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Patent number: 9633596Abstract: It is an object of the disclosure to generate a driving signal having large amplitude at the time of driving pixels, and there is provided a display unit, a display driving unit, a driving method, or an electronic apparatus that includes: a first transistor (Tr2) including a gate, a drain, and a source; a first capacitor (C2) including a first terminal and a second terminal that is connected to one of the drain and the source of the first transistor; and a unit pixel configured to be driven based on a voltage of the second terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: JOLED Inc.Inventor: Naobumi Toyomura
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Patent number: 9632314Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The method includes displaying a surround video image included in surround video content, displaying a partial region of the surround video image in the front direction of the HMD device, setting a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first viewing region of a first surround video image, displaying a second viewing region of the first surround video image at a first playing time, and setting a second thumbnail image corresponding to the second viewing region at the first surround video image, wherein the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image are each set to correspond to the same first playing time.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Eunhyung Cho
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Patent number: 9625722Abstract: There is provided a control device including an illumination control unit that controls an illumination device illuminating a non-display region of a light-shielding unit that includes a display region in which an image is displayed and the non-display region in which the image is not displayed and is designed to be disposed in a region covering a visual field of a user. The illumination control unit controls the illumination device according to display content of the display region.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi Rekimoto
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Patent number: 9626094Abstract: An electronic device or a communication device including a display unit for displaying an image, an input detector for detecting an input instruction input by touching an area where the image is displayed by the display unit, and a control unit for providing control based on the input instruction detected by the input detector and for providing control for an image to be displayed on the display unit. When the display unit displays a pre-extraction group object containing a plurality of item objects on its screen, and when the input detector detects an input of a predetermined instruction to refine the pre-extraction group object, the control unit extracts a group of item objects that match a refinement criterion in the input instruction, and displays the group as a post-extraction group object on the screen of the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Eizou Fujisawa, Yuuya Ozaki
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Patent number: 9620074Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel structure including a plurality of pixel cells arranged in a matrix. The pixel cells are defined by a plurality of scan lines and data lines that being mutually intersected. Each pixel cell includes a first discharge control switch, a second discharge control switch, a main pixel area and a sub-pixel region is disposed adjacent the latter. The main pixel area includes a main pixel electrode and a main charge control switch. The sub-pixel area includes a sub-pixel electrode and a sub-charge control switch. The main pixel electrode receives display signals by the main charge control switch. The sub-pixel electrode receives display signals by the sub-charge control switch. The scan line transmitting scan signals of its present pixel cell and the sub-pixel electrode of the above pixel cell are connected by said first discharge control switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Shishuai Huang, Tien-Hao Chang
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Patent number: 9619059Abstract: A stretchable display device, including a stretchable display panel to display images; and a window on a touch sensing layer, the window including a soft part and a plurality of hard parts attached on a surface of the soft part, the hard parts including an attachment portion attached to the soft part and a non-attachment portion not attached to the soft part.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang-Il Park, Hyun Joon Oh, Hye-Jin Oh, Jeoung Sub Lee, Min-Hoon Choi
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Patent number: 9620575Abstract: A double-sided display and a method for controlling the same are provided. The double-sided display includes a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of circuits. The pixel units are disposed on each of a front side and a back side of the double-sided display, and the pixel units on the front side are opposite to the pixel units on the back side in a one-to-one manner. A pixel unit on the front side and a pixel unit on the back side opposite to the pixel unit on the front side are controlled by an identical circuit. Each of the circuits includes a switching transistor. The switching transistor includes a first input terminal connected to a scan line, a second input terminal connected to a data line, and an output terminal connected to the opposite pixel units on the front side and the back side.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zihong Liu, Xiaojun Yu
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Patent number: 9621944Abstract: An object is to effectively use a surface of a display unit of a mobile communication terminal and to appropriately set a detection area according to display modes, thereby allowing a user to perform an operation easily and intuitively. A mobile communication terminal 110 of the present invention includes a display unit 214, a screen control unit 240 that displays a plurality of screens arranged on the display unit, a touch detection unit 218 that receives a user input to a surface of the display unit 214 and a detection area setting unit 242 that, when the plurality of screens are arranged on the display unit 214, sets, as a detection area of the touch detection unit 218 that receives an operation to each of the screens, an area corresponding to either one screen according to sizes of the screens.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Takeshi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9619055Abstract: In a liquid crystal display panel including a touch panel and a front window, it is possible to reduce the reproduction cost of the touch panel, achieving a high yield in the reproduction of the touch panel. The touch panel and the front window are bonded together by a PET film and a UV curable resin. When air bubbles or other defects are found between the front window and the touch panel, the front window and the touch panel are detached by cutting the UV curable resin by a cutter blade, in order to reproduce the touch panel. The residue of the UV curable resin left on the PET film is removed by detaching the PET film from the touch panel. A tab in which the adhesive is not formed is provided in an end of the PET film, so that the PET film can be easily detached from the touch panel, starting from the tab.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shohei Matsumoto, Eiji Oohira
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Patent number: 9619082Abstract: A control method and device comprising a touch screen, the touch screen displaying at least one touch control zone for transmitting a command to a piece of equipment. The touch screen is continuously unlocked. The touch screen is in a passive state presenting a first display mode when no control zone has been touched by a person. On being touched, the touch screen is put into an active state imparting a second display mode thereto that is distinct from the first display mode. After the touch screen has passed from the passive state to the active state, all of the requested commands are validated jointly by operating validation means, the control device transmitting at least one signal to at least one piece of equipment in order to convey the commands and the touch screen then being placed in the passive state.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERSInventor: Lionel Fontaine
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Patent number: 9613576Abstract: An image display device includes a first light modulation device including a plurality of display pixels, a lighting unit including a plurality of light adjusting elements, an illumination distribution storage unit that stores an illumination range information, a light adjusting information determination unit that determines light adjusting information for controlling the light adjusting elements of the lighting unit, and a shift information acquisition unit that acquires information of a position shift between the first light modulation device and the lighting unit. The light adjusting information determination unit modifies the illumination range based on the position shift information acquired by the shift information acquisition unit, and determines the light adjusting information based on the feature quantity of the first image information corresponding to display pixels in the modified illumination range.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 9613554Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: determining each of a plurality of pixel rows of the display device as one of a motion picture display pixel row and a still image display pixel row by comparing image data of each of the pixel rows in a current frame and in a previous frame; and driving the motion picture display pixel row with a motion picture frequency and driving the still image display pixel row with a still image display frequency, which is lower than or equal to the motion picture frequency, where a plurality of still image display pixel rows are driven with at least two still image display frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae-Gwang Jang, Ung Gyu Min, Seok Ha Hong, Hyun Sik Hwang, Byung Sun Kim, Sang Mi Kim, Bong Hyun You, Ji Myoung Seo
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Patent number: 9607560Abstract: Discussed are an LCD device and a method of driving the same in which, by decreasing the number of lines of a PCB, the manufacturing cost is saved, and the influence of noise is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: SunUng Kim, JungSik Park, JunHo Yoo, JaeHoon Park
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Patent number: 9600085Abstract: A computer keyboard is designed to accommodate a variety of security features that may be installed in the keyboard during manufacturing, whereby various combinations of devices that impart selected security features or other functions may be assembled. The keyboard assembly includes a base extension for accommodating the security devices, and a number of interchangeable modular tops supporting various discreet input technologies. This modular design is tooled to accommodate different combinations of technologies, such as biometric fingerprint readers, NFC-RFID receivers, auto locking sonar, game cartridges, and connector-supporting modules. Each interchangeable modular top can hold independent modular technology that can be used to construct an integrated device that meets the customer requirements without any substantial modification of the keyboard base or extension.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Inventors: Philip J. Bruno, Robert A. D. Schwartz, Paul Schwartz
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Patent number: 9600108Abstract: A touch input device and method for a portable device that is capable of inputting various user commands with diversified touch events detected on a touch screen is provided. A touch input method for a mobile terminal having a touch screen may include displaying a plurality of representative images representing content objects on the touch screen, selecting at least one representative image in response to a first command designated for a first touch event on the touch screen, and executing a second command designated for a second touch event on the touch screen. The second touch event may be defined by a movement direction, speed, a lift position of a touch, and the representative images selected by the first command.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong Won Lee, Nho Kyung Hong
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Patent number: 9600089Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to an optical digital ruler. The optical digital ruler includes at least two optical sensors allowing physical movement and rotation of the optical digital ruler to facilitate positioning a template on a canvas or background. As such, a particular drawing stroke on the canvas or background can be drawn in alignment with a template irrespective of whether a path input by a user via a stylus aligns with the template. In some implementations, a drawing stroke is aligned with a template edge when the optical digital ruler has been activated despite the location of the path.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Arian Behzadi
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Patent number: 9594434Abstract: A computing device having multiple sensors can operate in different modes, wherein each mode causes data captured by different sensors to be transmitted to a processing component for analysis. For example, a computing device includes one or more pairs of image sensors. Each pair can be configured such that the transmit lines of the sensors are selectively connected to a host processor. The transmission of data from the sensors can be coordinated by having a first sensor instruct a second sensor to transmit data to the host processor when the first sensor has completed transmitting its data to the host processor. In another example, a first sensor can transmit captured data to the host processor while the second sensor waits for a certain amount of time before transmitting its data. Once the certain amount of time has elapsed, the second sensor can begin transmitting its data to the host processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Smita Neglur
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Patent number: 9594537Abstract: Embodiments for interacting with an executable virtual object associated with a real object are disclosed. In one example, a method for interacting with an executable virtual object associated with a real object includes receiving sensor input from one or more sensors attached to the portable see-through display device, and obtaining information regarding a location of the user based on the sensor input. The method also includes, if the location includes a real object comprising an associated executable virtual object, then determining an intent of the user to interact with the executable virtual object, and if the intent to interact is determined, then interacting with the executable object.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Ben Sugden, John Clavin, Ben Vaught, Stephen Latta, Kathryn Stone Perez, Daniel McCulloch, Jason Scott, Wei Zhang, Darren Bennett, Ryan Hastings, Arthur Tomlin, Kevin Geisner
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Patent number: 9594466Abstract: An input device separated from a display unit for switchably displaying images hierarchized in hierarchy levels and configured to input a finger operation of a user to an operation surface to operate the images is provided. The input device includes a detector for detecting an operation state of the finger to the operation surface at a time of the finger operation and a controller for, when determining that the operation state detected by the detector is a proximity state, reducing sharpness of at least part of the image displayed on the display unit as compared with when determining that the operation state is a contact state.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tsuyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 9589517Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device for performing pause driving, occurrence of flicker is effectively suppressed while an increase in power consumption is suppressed. When an image change determination portion (11) detects an image change in a period from the previous refresh frame until generation of a predetermined number of times of pause frames, a reversal driving control portion (13) sets the next frame after a frame where an image change has been detected to a refresh frame where a reversal driving technique is a column-reversal driving. When the image change determination portion (11) does not detect an image change in the period from the previous refresh frame until generation of the predetermined number of times of pause frames, the reversal driving control portion (13) sets the next frame after the final pause frame to a refresh frame where a reversal driving technique is a dot-reversal driving.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuhiko Suyama, Kouji Kumada, Norio Ohmura, Noriyuki Tanaka, Takuya Sone